Chapter 617 - 404: Life of Wind_2
"Haha..." Carlos couldn’t help but laugh helplessly upon hearing this.
After witnessing Wang Ye’s skills over the past few days,
he also understood,
that wanting to die in front of Wang Ye was probably not an easy task.
"Rest assured and take the challenge. With me backing you up, what are you afraid of?" Wang Ye patted Carlos on the shoulder.
He knew very well that for most extreme athletes, or rather for most people’s everyday failures, over ninety percent stemmed from fear. Like when learning to ride a bicycle, if you’re afraid of falling, you’ll never learn. Only by fully letting go, with no way back, can one truly tap into their potential abilities. The principle of burning one’s boats is the same.
Carlos naturally understood this principle,
and as an extreme athlete, he was also very skilled at controlling his fear. However, being human and a carbon-based life form, he could never completely rid himself of inner fear.
No matter how strong someone’s mental resilience is, they will inevitably tremble when truly facing death because the survival instinct cannot be controlled by sheer willpower. But if before the challenge Wang Ye told Carlos that he would not face any life-threatening danger, it was a different situation.
Sure enough, after receiving Wang Ye’s assurance,
Carlos’s eyes became much more resolute.
They readied their equipment and reached the summit of the snowy mountain.
The altitude here was about a thousand meters from the ground.
Moreover, standing on the peak, looking down revealed a perfect slope.
Though there were obstacles from the mountain, they weren’t numerous,
ignoring the wind speed, this place could totally be called a wingsuit flying paradise.
Wang Ye adjusted the sports camera and set it in front of him, starting the live stream.
The signal here was a bit weak, with about a three-second delay,
and the stream finally began.
But the moment it started, the number of online viewers surged wildly.
In just ten seconds, it topped the popularity list on the TikTok platform.
Wang Ye stood on the snow facing the camera, a backdrop of endless azure ice cliffs behind him, the fierce wind howling around but not affecting him standing firm like a pine tree,
he smiled and said: "Hello, my audience, I am Wang Ye, today I have arrived in Antarctica, the last secret realm of Earth. Below our feet lies the Taylor Glacier, and over fifteen hundred meters thick of eternal ice, equivalent to the height of three stacked Oriental Pearl Towers."
No sooner had the words fallen,
the screen was flooded with countless bullet comments.
[Where did Wang Ye run off to again?]
[Why is everything white?]
[Is this Mount Everest?]
[No way, hasn’t he already been to Mount Everest?]
[This should be the Alps based on my guess, he is likely challenging Life of Wind and Life of Ice now.]
[No, what did Wang Ye say? This is actually... Antarctica?!]
[Antarctica? Wasn’t he still in the country a few days ago? How did he suddenly appear in Antarctica?]
[I remember it takes about a week to get from the country to Antarctica, it hasn’t even been a week, did he take the VIP route?]
[VIP route, my foot! Antarctica is governed by international treaties, strictly regulated by countries, even billionaires have to obediently transfer flights and take icebreakers there.]
[So how did he get there?]
[Flew there?]
[No way, is Wang Ye flying now?]
[Aren’t you curious why Wang Ye is challenging Life of Wind and Life of Ice in Antarctica?]
[This is minus ninety-degree Antarctica, and I heard winds there can reach a hundred meters per second, someone slightly lighter might be blown away. Not to mention challenging wingsuit flying there.]
[His challenges are getting more and more outrageous...]
[Haha, as outrageous as it gets, can it beat the challenge of a 40,000-meter-high skydiving free-fall?]
[Wasn’t that challenge in the Alps?]
[On a 2G network? The Alps had an avalanche the day before yesterday.]
[No wonder he ran off to Antarctica.]
[Is he not making it tougher for himself? Antarctica’s environment is several times harsher than the Alps.]
Wang Ye continued: "See the world of white behind me? This is the place with the most ice caps globally; if all these ice caps melt, sea levels worldwide will rise by sixty meters, meaning many coastal cities would be submerged! Today, I’m taking you to conquer Antarctica!"
After speaking, he revealed his jet-black wingsuit, made of high-density nylon material airbag, which emitted a strong whistling sound under the wind, yet even under such drag, he remained steadily standing on the mountaintop without a single sway. The jet-black hue on him contrasted starkly with the milky white environment around.
Boom——
After finishing his speech, Wang Ye wore the sports camera on his chest, and before the audience in the live stream could react, he jumped powerfully downward without hesitation!
At that moment, viewers around the world watching the live stream were invigorated,
He jumped right as the stream started, so decisive!
With Wang Ye’s jump, many viewers who hadn’t yet tuned into the stream also joined in succession,
over at Anta, led by Li Weimin, managers and employees were also late to the stream because they hadn’t received any news,
they, like all viewers, only knew Wang Ye had started the challenge after the stream had gone live.
Seeing the screen and realizing Wang Ye was in Antarctica, Li Weimin,
stared blankly at his desk for a full half-minute before snapping out of it.
"Damn, how did this guy end up in Antarctica?!!"
Before Wang Ye left Fujian, he specifically confirmed.
The next two challenges from Wang Ye were set to be in the Alps.
Even though there had been an avalanche in the Alps recently, having witnessed Wang Ye’s rain control skills, Li Weimin knew Wang Ye could surely find a way to overcome this problem.
But he never expected Wang Ye’s solution would be to simply head to Antarctica for the challenge!
"Wait, how did this guy get to Antarctica? Did he actually fly there???"
If Wang Ye flew to the Alps before then flying to Antarctica,
the total round trip would exceed over thirty thousand kilometers. More than thirty thousand kilometers, even ignoring fuel issues, it would take a J-20 aircraft more than twenty-four hours of nonstop supersonic flight to cover it.
And how long has it been since Wang Ye left Fujian? Not even half a week, right? In such a short time, he actually crossed thirty thousand kilometers and found a suitable glacier for a challenge in Antarctica?
Is he even human?
But immediately, Li Weimin fell into deep trouble,
regardless of how Wang Ye got there, he’s undoubtedly violated the Antarctic Treaty now,
because according to the Antarctic Treaty,
Wang Ye cannot just go to Antarctica without reporting it first.
And now Wang Ye is openly live streaming in Antarctica, which means there’s no way of hiding it, Li Weimin has no way to manage this because it’s already touching on international treaty grounds, and as a small group manager, he has no say in the matter.
Li Weimin shook his head and sighed: "I can only hope the country will protect him..."
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Now on the Taylor Glacier.
Wang Ye had already become one with the hurricane, vividly speeding through the wild sound of the wind,
shortly after he jumped, Carlos followed him down,
if anyone were near Taylor Glacier at this moment,
they would see two jet-black bats nosediving rapidly down the glacier.
Because Wang Ye had extremely skilled flying techniques himself,
challenging wingsuit flying was, for him, essentially a dimensional decrease of difficulty,
so diving in such wind speeds posed no pressure in his eyes.
But Carlos, who was behind him, didn’t quite see it that way.